An electronics recycler has opened in West Virginia and plans to hire up to 20 employees. The Charleston Area Alliance said Infinite Electronics Recycling is based in Wintersville, Ohio and opened its facility in downtown Charleston recently. There are two employees now, with plans to add more soon.
West Virginia’s charter school law is now in effect and the state is now allowed to have up to 10 charters, two virtual charters and a professional charter school board. Three charter schools were permitted prior to the law. WCHS TV reported West Virginia Academy could be the first charter school in the Mountain State. … Read more
Alliant Techsystems will pay a 350-thousand-dollar fine for environmental violations at a Keyser laboratory. The Allegany Ballistics Laboratory makes fuel rocket motors, explosive warheads and solid fuels for the Navy. The company was cited for violating hazardous waste storage and treatment rules and water discharge requirements.
A 23-year-old Madison woman is accused of biting a radiology technician at Boone Memorial Hospital. The staff was trying to put the patient in a chair during a procedure when she bit the technician on the arm. Heather Hundley is charged with malicious assault.
Governor Justice and his family businesses are filing a lawsuit against another financial institution over millions of dollars in loans. The lawsuit holds Carter Bank liable for more than 420-million-dollars in damages to the Justice companies.
Senator Shelley Moore Capito and President Biden will meet again tomorrow. As the lead negotiator for the GOP, Capito told the President yesterday that she hopes a bi-partisan agreement can be passed in the Senate on the proposed American Jobs Plan. The GOP plan is an eight-year 928-billion dollar counter offer.
A man is under arrest for leading Wayne County deputies on a chase in a stolen car. Officers tried to pull over the car in Fort Gay when the driver took off on U.S. 52. The chase was called off because of traffic condition. Police got a tip and found the suspect and the vehicle … Read more
A 26-year-old Littleton man died while working underground at a Marion County Coal Resources mine. Investigators say the rib of a coal support pillar fell and hit the man.
The City of Charleston is trying to figure out the best way to use thirty-eight-million-dollars in American Rescue Plan money. City Manager Jonathan Storage says small businesses and vulnerable populations need help. An advisory committee is going over the rules and receiving guidance from the federal government and state auditors.
Mayor Amy Goodwin and other city officials broke ground on Slack Plaza. The Mayor says it will act as a city center to help connect the Coliseum and convention Center, Town Center and Capitol Street. The green space includes a stage, pathways for food trucks, and an ice skating rink in the winter.